Microsoft Transforms Retail Xbox One Into A Dev Kit, Adding Mods And Overlay To Windows 10 Gaming

[jimmysmitty]

MS Store is more about getting all apps together in one place and not having to deal with tons of Google searches that will take you to websites with tons of download buttons that usually get you other programs installed around it ... this way they are removing bloatware from programs that take advantage of this and presumably viruses, since you get to install your stuff from the Store.

You guys only see it as Steam competitor. The Store is more than than and maybe it doesn`t even want to compete with Steam ... it`s not like MS is blocking Steam from running... tough Valve seems not to like competition about it. Ok, you made a great product but if you fear the competition this means you`re not worthy of your position.

There were some short comings to the Store and games bought trough it but they are addressed ... End users only know how to swear / insult or cry about new stuff, you know... developing stuff takes time and no matter how much time and effort you put into it you`ll never satisfy everybody.

In the end the Store and the UWA is the way to go for a much better windows experience. People cry about viruses and malware and yet they don`t want the Store that technically solves this problem.

For devs, some complained that MS takes a share out of the sell .. well when you have a platform that can technically erase pirated version of your software you might want to reconsider that % complain. From my knowledge Win 10 can disable apps / games that are from the Store but are pirated, it won`t touch the win32 apps tough, so having your program present in the Store might have it`s benefits.

And also there are tons of guys like me that have games in Steam but i don`t like Steam to run in the background. I always keep that crap off when i don`t use any Steam games, same with Origin and others.

I don't think VALVe fears the competition, I mean they still use EA as their distributor for their console games and you can't even buy a EA game on Steam. Rather they look at it from a different perspective and in some ways I can agree and in others I do not.

The other kicker here is that UWAs can also be sold on and run from Steam or any other platform. Microsoft is in no way locking that down to just them.

As for the pirated games, only if the game is a Windows Store version can they remove it, they cannot remove a pirated game that is not linked to or the Windows Store version.

I personally like Steam. I don't mind it running in the background but to each their own. I think Microsoft is making a lot of good steps but even if they are not trying to Steam will be a major competitor in some ways.

 

[eriko]

I don't trust any of this nonsense for a second. All sane gamers, please boycott this Windows Store (UWP/UWA/whatever) nonsense harder than you hate on Ubisoft and EA, we don't need to enable THIS sort of competition for Steam in any way. They don't offer a superior experience or better/more products, they just want to make it harder for us to game the way WE want. Leave that to consoles.

There's always one... You're probably part of the group of people that boycott Windows 10 because it was new and just complain for something to do.
Steam isn't great. It does nothing as an actual game platform that really effects the performance of games. Have you even played any games on the UWP. Your view are skewed and lack any substance. Theres nothing to say we can't use Steam and UWA at the same time. We get the performance boost of UWP and the social connection of Steam.

Or you could be part of the well-informed, technology-aware group, that avoids Windows 10, for the privacy and security nightmare that it is?

And before you talk removing software, do your homework, there are SO many people out there that have discovered that their ''unknown to M$" software was removed automatically, without their consent.

All in all, what I'm really trying to tell you personally, is go **** yourself. Maybe that is all I should have written...

As to the story, yes, I love a developer option for the masses. Well done. Kids need more than Team Deathmatch to occupy their minds.